Cloth-winding machine



No. 608,8!7. Patented Aug. 9, |898L J. E. WINDLE.

CLOTH WINDING MACHINE.

(Application-filed July 26, 1897.)

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CLOTHBWINDING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patentk No. 608,817, dated August 9, 1898. Application filed July 26, 1897. Serial No. 645,909.' (No model.)

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be held firmly, and when the board has been lled it is very desirable to very quieklyremove the filled board from the mach-ine. The board or receiver upon which the cloth is wound is usually clasped between forked or other shaped ends of two rotatable journals, and when the board was to be rotated it has been customary to rotate a screw which pressed against the outer end of the journal, thus forcing its inner end firmly against the board, and to remove a filled board this screw has had to be reversed in its movements and its end moved away from the outer end of the journal, this requiring a very considerable loss of time. I have devised means whereby one of these journals for rotating the board may be quickly moved into position to engage the board and may be moved quickly out of position in the reverse direction to enable the journal to be quickly detached from the board when it is desired to remove the latter.

In my invention I have extendedrthe longitudinally-movable journal of the usual pair l of journals into a sleeve, said sleeve being provided with a follower having cooperating with it suitable actuating means to be described, said means being actuated by a partial rotation in one or the other direction of a shaft, the movement of theV said shaft in one direction causing the follower to force the journal against the board, while the movement of the shaft in theopposite direction enables the journal to be quickly moved away from the board. This shaft and the means operated by it to impart movement to the follower is always positive, and to compensate for any variations in length of the board I have combined with'thefollower a spring which may yield as the latter is being actuated to force the holding end of the journal against the board or other receiver. employment of bent links connected with cranks or disks fixed tothe shaft referred to it is possible when the said shaft is turned to effect the forcing of the journal against the board that the crank-pins will pass the deadcenter of the shaft, thuslocking the journal in operative position. y

Figure I represents a sufficient portion of a cloth-winding machine to enable my invention to be understood. Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal section of the parts herein to be claimed as of my invention. Fig.` 3 is a sectional detail on the line of Fig. 2.

The frameworkA, the roller A', mounted therein, the shaft B, having like toothed pinions b engaging, respectively, thewheels b2 b3, said wheels being suitablyvsustained in a framework a, and the journal 1 a; for the wheel b2, said journal having its inner end suitably shaped to embrace `or engage the board c, on which is to be wound the cloth c', are and may be all as usual, so need' not be herein further described.` I

The journal d, shaped in usual manner to engage the opposite end of the board, is splined loosely in thehub of the toothed wheel b3, so that it may slide back and forthfin said hub as required fto effect the removal from the machine or the putting into themachine of a board.

The framework o at the right in Fig. l has attached to it in suitable manner the ears e of a sleeve e', said sleeve having, as represented, a slot e2. The outer end of the journal d after passing through the said wheel b3 enters the sleeve e', as represented in Fig. 2, it abutting, as shown, against a leather or other washer f, connected with a follower f', mounted loosely in said sleeve.

This follower has combined with it actuating means, said means being herein represented as a shaft ghaving fixed to it disks g', having crank-pins m, said crank-pins each receiving one end of a suitable bent link g, said link being jointed to the end of a bar f2, extended, as herein shown, through the slot e2 of the said sleeve, and preferably there will be placed between the said follower and Bly the IOC) Athrough the sleeve, as represented, for the reason that when the said journal is pressed against the cloth-board by the follower it will be there held against any accidental longitudinal movement by reason of the center of the crank-pins m being carried beyond the center of the shaft g2, the bent links g permitting such relative position of the crank-pin and shaft.

It is preferred to connect the links g to the bar f2; but this invention would not be departed from` if the links were connected to the opposite ends of a stud f5, (shown by dotted lines,) extended through the end of the follower.

Referring to Fig. l and assuming that the machine is in operation, the crank-pins m are between the shaft g2 and the wheel b3, and in such position the end f of the follower f is forced firmly against the outer end of the journal d, keeping the inner end of said journal firmly against and so as to hold and rotate with it the board c, on which to wind the cloth. A sufficient quantity of cloth having been wound upon the board, the operator has only to take hold of the hand-wheel h', fast on the shaft g2, and turn the same for a partial rotation in the direction of the arrow near the disk g in Fig. 2, such movement quickly releasing the follower, leaving the journal d loose or unlocked, so that it may be engaged by hand and moved quickly to the right, Fig. l, away from the end of the clothboard, thus quickly releasing it to be removed from the machine. lVhen a new board has been placed with its end against the journal ct', this hand-wheel may be turned in the opposite direction by a quick movement, thus again quickly forcing the follower to the left, viewing Fig. 2, it acting on the journal d, forcing it quickly to the left, Fig. 2, against the end of the board, thus confining it xedly in position to be rotated.

I-Iavin g fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A cloth-winding machine, having opposite axially-alined journals separated to hold a winding-board, one of said journals being mounted free to slide longitudinally, and yielding means independent of said sliding journal for locking and unlocking it in holding position without moving it longitudinally and without interfering with its rotation, said sliding journal when unlocked being free to be slid back by hand, substantially as described.

2. In a machine of the class described7 a cloth-board-holding rotatable and cndwisemoving journal, a sleeve surrounding the said journal, a follower in said sleeve controlling the movement o' the outer end of said journal, a shaft, disks fast on said shaft, crankpins thereon, a bar, bent links connected with said crank-pins and to said bar, the partial rotation of said shaft in one direction, putting the crank-pins, to which the links are connected, to one side of the center of the said shaft, to thereby lock the journal and follower in their operative position, substantially as described.

3. In a machine of the class described, a rotatable toothed wheel, a journal carried by said wheel and free to slide therein longitudinall 1 a sleeve a follower carried b f said sleeve, a shaft, and 4means operated thereby to move said follower and cause it to press the said journal closely against the board to be held by it, said follower being partially cut away to receive said shaft and adapted to be restrained from rotation by the said shaft, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN E. VINDLE.

Witnesses:

JOHN C. EDWARDS, ADDIE F. DANIELs. 

